Handbuilding and Surface

Name: Handbuilding and Surface
Start: 2026-10-29T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-29T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Tribeca Clayworks

Tribeca Clayworks

4.3 87 reviews

Unlock your creativity with handbuilding techniques that allow you to craft unique pottery forms using only your hands, fingers, and simple tools. Delve into a variety of surface decoration methods at every stage of the ceramic process, from texturing with stamps to glazing with advanced techniques like image transfer and wax resist. Perfect for those seeking to explore new ways to finish their pieces.

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120 Warren St, New York, NY
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Thu. Oct 29th, 6:30–9pm ET

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Thu, Oct 29 at 6:30pm - 9:00pm
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Handbuilding is an ancient pottery-making technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools for a wide range of creativity.

This class will also explore many surface decoration and finishing techniques. Surface treatments can occur at any stage of the ceramic process. On wet clay creating textures with stamps, lace, shape aids etc. /leather hard stage you can carve, scratch and apply many underglaze techniques. Once your piece is fired and ready to be glazed going beyond dipping, pouring and brushing glazes onto your work, you’ll find the alternatives to surface decoration using glaze pencils, watercolor, image transfer ,stencils, wax resist and more.

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There will be additional charges for work done after minimum fee is used up, (priced at .06 cents per cubic inch per piece for 2 firings).
Optional: Additional fee: $10 for basic pottery tool kit (all students are required to have their own tools)

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CANCELLATION POLICY: To request a cancellation and refund, you must email [email protected]. Refunds requested more than one week prior to the first class are refundable tuition minus $100 administration fee. Refunds requested within one week of the first class are 50% refundable. There will be no refunds once the class begins under any circumstance, nor can we transfer you to a later semester. We cannot be flexible on this policy for any reason. Should a class not fill sufficiently, we may cancel it one week prior to the first class session.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Tribeca ClayWorks, established over 30 years ago, is a community-focused ceramics studio offering classes in handbuilding and wheel throwing for all ages and skill levels. Now part of the Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, it provides a fully equipped space for creative exploration and artistic growth.

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